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More Gizmondo re-launch details revealed
Existing devices to see full support and software update 12 May 2008 11:12 GMT
It's been a little while since we've heard any more news snippets about the second coming of the Gizmondo handheld gaming platform, but an interview with Carl Freer, the man behind Gizmondo and its relaunch, has just been published on a fan site.

It seems the...
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In today's headlines - you can't be serious right? The Gizmondo handheld console could be making an unwelcome return.

Also in the news, the launch...
Gizmondo to relaunch in 2008?
Be afraid 23 January 2008 15:11 GMT
Is the Gizmondo handheld games console to make a return to the market in 2008? A new teaser site certainly suggests this is the case.

The timing for this news to emerge seems a little on the suspicious side considering that Ferrari-smashing former Gizmondo...
Gizmondo lost £140 million in just 9 months
More details surface over Gizmondo losses 21 February 2006 19:43 GMT
Following our reporting on “Gizmondo Europe goes into liquidation” earlier in the month, more details have come to light as to just how much trouble the games company got itself into.

According to the Begbies Traynor and David Rubin & Partners, joint liquidators...
Gizmondo Europe goes into liquidation
As we believed after seeing an early prototype, the makers of the Gizmondo games console have gone into liquidation 7 February 2006 20:33 GMT
Launched in March last year against competing models from Nintendo and Sony, the owners of the Gizmondo handheld games console that promised a host of features including GPS and a digital camera alongside a state of the art games console has gone into liquidation according...
Gizmondo running into financial difficulties
It was tipped to be the David to Sony and Nintendo’s Goliath, but the company behind the Gizmondo handheld console looked to be in financial trouble following poor sales in the UK and America 17 January 2006 13:37 GMT
It was tipped to be the David to Sony and Nintendo's Goliath, but the company behind the Gizmondo handheld console looked to be in financial trouble following poor sales in the UK and America.

Latest accounts for Gizmondo Europe reveal that the company racked...
Gizmondo gets launch date in US
Gizmondo gets US launch date 6 October 2005 16:04 GMT
Struggling handheld games console Gizmondo will get its American launch in time for Christmas according its co-founder and Chairman Carl Freer. Tiger Telematics, the company that makes the console has confirmed its USA release date as the 22 October 2005.

"Contrary...
Gizmondo goes widescreen
Handheld console gets stretched 19 September 2005 21:21 GMT
The Gizmondo handheld hasn't even launched in the States yet, however Tiger Telamatics has released plans of its second generation widescreen model due to be launched next year.

According to the company, the new widescreen version will be sold alongside the current...
Gizmondo launch delayed in America
Gizmondo launch pushed back to October in US 8 August 2005 20:18 GMT
American's hoping to get their hands on a Gizmondo games console at the end of the week will be disappointed to hear that Tiger Telematics, the owner of the console has pushed back the launch until October citing delays with GPS software and functionality.

Tiger...
Gizmondo states 89 games in development
More games planned for console 7 April 2005 15:48 GMT
In an attempt to boost flagging opinions of the Gizmondo handheld (see our review here), its owners have announced 89 games are in development, including titles from Microsoft, Disney Buena Vista, Ubisoft, Team 17 amd Fathammer.

Many of these new titles will...
The Gizmondo runs into trouble with the changing of the clocks
1 April 2005 17:06 GMT
The Gizmondo console launched only last month in the UK has run into trouble with the changing of the clocks in the UK. For some reason the new handheld developed by Tiger Electronics wasn't prepared for the yearly shift in time each year in the spring.

As a...
Gizmondo falls flat of DS launch
21 March 2005 17:41 GMT
The makers of the new handheld console Gizmondo, that launched this weekend might want to think that's it's a contender against the might and power of Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP when it launches in the UK later this year, however with its first weekend sales amounting...
Gizmondo gets UK launch date
8 March 2005 11:55 GMT
Gizmondo has set the 19th for is UK launch. The handheld console will be going up against the Nintendo DS (launched at the end of the week) and the Sony PSP (whose lauch seems to have gone awol at the moment).

The console is hoping that the addition of remote...
Gizmondo announces Bizmondo
7 November 2004 16:52 GMT
Tiger Telematics may have only just started shipping the Gizmondo gaming console, but are already setting its sights on the next incarnation of the device.

Called the Bizmondo, the console will share much of the functionality of its entertainment oriented cousin...
Gizmondo readies for launch
13 September 2004 10:57 GMT
Gizmondo the device that hopes to steal both Nintendo's and Sony's wind has announced the launch date for its handheld console.

Launching in the UK first and then worldwide thereafter, the handheld will launch on the 29th October two days before Halloween with...